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Emily Savitri Haines (born January 25, 1974) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She is best known as the lead singer, keyboardist and songwriter of the rock band Metric and a member of Broken Social Scene. As a solo artist, she has performed under her own name and under the moniker Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton. Haines has a soprano vocal range.

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Oftentimes the most produced and synth-tastic songs are the ones that end up sounding the best acoustic.

Acoustics, Ends, Ones, Produced, Song, Sounding

For as long as I can remember, I have written songs because I wanted to, because I was experiencing something that couldn't be described except through a sound.

Except, Experiencing, Long, Song, Sound

I like the idea of interviews where you just talk about stuff instead of where it's my chance to talk to my public through something else.

Idea, Ideas, Interviews, Like, Public, Stuff

We don't have T-shirts with my face, but there I can see the beginnings, especially young girls seeing me as sort of a icon in that way. And in that regard I'm more than happy to step in.

Beginnings, Face, Girl, Girls, Icons, Way

[When I happen to] read interviews where people are such pros and they come out looking so good, [it comes off as] a little smug or something.

Happen, Interviews, Littles, People, Pros, Read

It's not my fault that people are perverts.

Fault, Faults, People, Perverts

Certain audiences get the double meaning and some of the references and ironies, but there's definitely been shows where I feel like I'm not doing it well enough for it to come across as anything other than "oh, she's hot and she's dancing. "

Dancing, Double, Hot, Irony, Like, References

In my imaginary utopian world there would be a greater allegiance between music writers and musicians.

Allegiance, Imaginary, Music, Musician, World, Would Be

I see how 14-year old girls react to me and I think I'm a good role model. Rockstar maybe not, but I'm willing to play with it for a little while, until my hair gets gray.

Gets, Girl, Hair, Old, Think, Thinking

I don't really write journals and stuff and then adapt them to music, it's completely within the form of the song. My great obsession and basically the bane of my existence is caring probably too much about every word, but it's too late to change my career path.

Caring, Obsession, Path, Song, Write, Writing

I think every musician is different, every artist is different, and in a perfect world people would be able to pursue their own path and have the inspiration and the drive to, and the energy and dedication to take their path to its fruition. I don't really believe in formulas.

Artist, Believe, Dedication, Inspiration, Perfect, Thinking

Being alive and understanding that and making the decision to acutally live take a lot of courage.

Alive, Decision, Live, Take, Understanding

Until the day we die, our lives are unwritten, which is sometimes a terrifying thought.

Day, Die, Dies, Our Lives, Sometimes, Thought

Sometimes it's better to live through someone's work than the person themselves, and to realise that every human being is flawed, but through art they can be perfect.

Art, Human, Perfect, Sometimes

The things that I've seen where people are trying to change the definition of what a band has to be, those are the things that end up being inspiring.

Band, Change, People, Seen, Trying

It bothers me that no one has the patience to deal with someone who is just sad.

Bother, Bothers, Deal, Deals, Patience, Sad

Generally I try to read anything but indie rock journalism or anything about music at all, especially in the summer.

Indie Rock, Music, Read, Rock, Rocks, Summer

I have an identity crisis which is not resolved because I'm a dual citizen. My whole family is American, and I was born in India but I was raised in Canada.

Citizens, Crisis, Dual, Identity, India, Whole

I love to read about music and about art, but I don't try and take things about mythology or guidelines as to how I'm to behave as an artist. It's the realm of intellectual debate. Actually, more and more my direction is trying to get further away from being self-conscious of what the parameters are of the mainstream, where it intersects with the underground.

Art, Intellectual, Mythology, Read, Self, Underground

I think a sexual energy is a positive energy.

Energy, Positive, Positive Energy, Sexual, Thinking

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